Improvement in bee-hives



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noaa sans pam opine JOHN M. PRICE, OF BUFFALO GROVE, IOWA.A

Letters PateutvNo.V 101,039, dated Mil/rch 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making par. o1 the same m T0 a whom t WL?! conm: The upper ends of the wide slats A of the sections Be it known that I', JOHN M. PRICE, of Buffalo are tapered to provide space for ventilation, when Grove, in the county ofBuchanan and State of Iowa, standing in the position represented in the drawings; have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bcealso to admit the escape of foul matter when the po- Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is sit-ion is reversed, which I propose to do from time a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will to time for the purpose of stimulating 4the queen to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the breed, and the colony to work, which is caused by the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawchange of the interior position. ings forming part oi' this specification. The bees may enter above or below, or at the ends This invention relates to improvements in bee-hives, through holes prepared for the purpose in the boards and consists iu a hive made of sections, consisting of D, when the season isfavorable to permit of these four slats or bars attached at the corners in rectangnopenings; but in cold weather' l", propose to wrap a lar form, two of which are wider than the others, and

canvas-covering, L, around the'sides, of the hive, as provided at the inside with slats for the comb-bars; the said sections being confined in a rack or casket,

shown in the end view,vg. 2, making the saine of the proper length to cover the two lower sides once and and laid on a platform having a deep angular groove in which the hive is laid on one corner, and may he the two upper sides twice, as clearly shown.

The hive may also be laid tlaton the side on a suitturned from time to time asmay be required.

'The hive so constructedis designed to be wrapped able support, if preferred, from time to time, as itis changed in position for stimulating the bees.

in cold weather with canvas, and the whole is incloscd in an exterior case, all as hereinafter more fully spec- I propose to substitute for the internal sections when required, either a part oi .the whole as found best, sections such as represented in iig. 3, with glass boxes or cells N for the reception of the spare honey, the said cells being provided with Openings, M, at the corners or iu othersnitable places, for the admission of the bees.

The said sections with glass cells may be placed at the ends of the hive, and the sections within the casket retained.

The upper sections may be closelhwhen desired, by angle-plates N laid on as shown in iig. 1.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken out;

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on the line :c .c of lig. l;

Figure 3 represents a modified arrangement of one of the sections, showing the application of glass cells Figuree represents a transverse section taken on the line y y of g. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding arts. l p A represents the upper wide slats of the sections, and B the lower ones. These are connected together at the ends so as to form a hollow square; and the upper wide slats have xt-the under sides the narrow slats O attached so as to project slightly, on which to form the comb.

-These sect-ionsare placed side by side, as many as may be required, and confined in a casket or rack composed ot' the two end boards D, connected by the longitudinal slats E, permanently attached to the under or lower edges. They are confined in this casket by the upper longitudinal bars F, dropped behind the plates G alter the sections are putin place.

This arrangement provides the wide open spaces H between the lower slats furthe discharge of ibul Inatter, dead bees, and the like, from the space above; and the hive is placed in the V-shaped support I, at the Witnesses:

preserve the bees in cold weather by wrapping the canvas cover around them, much better than can be done by the hivesnow in use.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent` 1. The combination of the hive composed of the casket and internal sections, as described, and the V- shaped hase adapted for turning the hiveand supporting it in the angular position, all substantially as spec-- ied.

2. The internal sections composed of the wide bars A tapered al; the top, the narrow bars B, and the projecting combdlars C, all snbstantiullr us specified.

JOHN M. PRICE.

bottom of which is a passage, K, along the whole LORIN D. CARPENTER, length, for the escape ot the said matters. E. K. J nNKs.

By means of this improved hive I`ain enabled to 

